2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (295+ words) A general view of Middlemore Lane, Walsall A man who turned to alcohol after receiving an 'upsetting email' was 'slurring' when his Mini Cooper was pulled over by police. Jason Bridgewater was nearly four-times the legal drink-drive limit when he…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (492+ words) Two men from North Staffordshire have been warned to settle outstanding child maintenance payments or face imprisonment. Both individuals were accused of unnecessary spending while neglecting to meet their child maintenance obligations. Under Section 39A of the Child Support Act 1991, magistrates…...

36+ min ago   (341+ words) The heartbroken family of a mother-of-two who was killed by her boyfriend are still plagued by 'unanswered questions' – nearly three years after the tragic incident. Charlotte Dodd lost her life on Padgbury Lane, in Congleton, in the early hours of…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (461+ words) A man is due to be sentenced after he admitted assaulting a woman in a major Birmingham street, a court heard. Wesley Usherwood was seen 'grabbing a woman by the nape of her neck' in a domestic incident on Soho…...

7+ hour ago   (265+ words) A 'prolific' offender who paid 'no attention' to the 'multiple' driving bans he'd received has found himself behind bars. Declan Boswell 'immediately confessed' to being a disqualified driver when he was pulled over by police - and was jailed within 24-hours....

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (177+ words) Man admits assaulting paramedics at Heartlands Hospital in oxygen canister smoking row Birmingham Live A man assaulted two paramedics at a Birmingham hospital after being told to extinguish his cigarette due to the proximity of oxygen cannisters Elliot Brown, 41, from…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (226+ words) Streetly drink driver caught nearly four times over limit after 'upsetting email' Birmingham Live A Walsall man was caught drink-driving nearly four times over the legal limit after receiving an upsetting email from his wife's lawyer Jason Bridgewater, 56, from Tudor…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (392+ words) A paedophile has been locked up after he was caught sharing his sick fantasies in an online forum. Richard Stevenson discussed finding a partner to share in his abuse of very young children. The 39-year-old also shared deplorable sex abuse…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (790+ words) Ben Matthews(Image: West Mercia Police) A violent man has been caged after he subjected a woman to a campaign of abuse for more than a year. Ben Matthews held a knife to the woman's throat and held what she…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (405+ words) Peter Hawke, 70, had already served five years for separate sexual offences when police swooped at HMP Risley in Warrington A 'high-risk' registered sex offender was detained at the gates of a prison on the day of his release and has…...